Initiative to give formerly incarcerated people a 2nd chance gets a financial boost

LD 1911 – The Clean Slate Bill would automatically seal eligible criminal records in Maine after set waiting periods, helping people with convictions access jobs, housing, and education once they’ve completed their sentences while excluding violent and serious offenses.

Oklahoma’s Clean Slate law officially goes into effect, automatically sealing eligible criminal records and providing renewed opportunities for justice-impacted individuals across the state. Learn how this significant reform will help Oklahomans access jobs, housing, and education without the burden of an old record.

Clean-slate laws could give former prisoners in Florida a real second chance — an opinion piece advocating for automated record-sealing to eliminate the costly, time-consuming barriers to expungement and open employment doors for the 6.2 million Floridians with criminal records.